EDIBLE GARDENS

It’s hard to believe that July is already here. It means lots of weeding, watering, and plenty of breaks in the shade with a refreshing ice-cold drink (hint: these are best garnished with homegrown herbs). If you’re anything like me you’ve wondered what you can safely plant in July. Well,…

It’s July, which means it’s hot outside! But it doesn’t matter because the long July days mean I get to spend more time enjoying my garden. Most everything is planted. My flower garden is overflowing with blooms and filled with the faint hum of bees. And I…

With the warmer weather and longer days, June is the perfect month to get out in the garden. And it’s not too late to plant! But it can be tough to know what to plant in your garden this time of year. You want to plant the right things at the…

Nothing helps cure a gardener’s cabin fever like a thick stack of seed catalogs. As you page through each one, your garden springs to life in your mind’s eye … green shoots poking up through the soil, seedlings soaking up the sun, juicy tomatoes, ripe and ready for backyard dinners….

I bet that you have a fond memory of eating melons fresh from the garden or farmer’s market… Maybe you remember eating watermelons at summer barbeques … who can forget the deliciously sticky chins and fingers?! Or maybe you can still recall the floral, musky smell of a cantaloupe fresh…

I never understood the appeal of kale until a fellow gardener (who I can only describe as a kale whisperer) showed me his kale. He had two varieties growing side by side: one was a crinkly leafed, Siberian kale, the other, a Tuscan kale with elongated, bumpy leaves. He pointed…